Encounter

November 01, 2013 11:30 PM

US-SAUDI RIFT
Simon Henderson, director of the Gulf and Energy Policy Program at The Washington Institute for Near East Policy and Barbara Slavin, senior fellow at the Atlantic Council's South Asia Center, talk with host Carol Castiel about the major reasons behind the strained US-Saudi relationship such as differences over Syria and talks with Iran, the monarchy’s rejection of a seat on the UN Security Council and its threats to act more independently of Washington.